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[House  Bill  No.  242.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,    Dec.   I,    1864.— Reported 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Judiciary,  and  read  first  and  second  times. 

80,  1864. — Amended,  engrossed,  read  a  third  time  and  pa      L 

A.  R.  LAMAR,  ri.rh. 

WW.  Dec.  21,  1864. — Read  first  and  second  times,  and  re- 
ferred i<»  the  Committee  on  the  Judiciary.  .Ian.  6,  1866. — Reported 
advert  j  postponed  until  to-morrow,  and  ordered  to  !>«» 

printed. 


A    HIL  L 

To  provide  for  Sequestrating  the  Property  of  Persons  liable  to  Mifilarw 
Service,  who  have  departed,  or  shall  depart  from  th<  Confederatt  Stalest 
without  permission. 


i         Si  ( l ion  i.   Th(  I  lerate  States  «»i  Ame- 

-'     riea  do  enact,  Thai  if  any  person  shall  voluntarily  depart   from 

thout  the  permission  of  the  Pree 
■:■  of  tin   .  Beer  <  ommanding  the  Trai     '         rippi 

•r»     partment,  or  of  an  officer  by  one  <»f   them  authorised  i<> 

On,  :it   the  time  of  such  d( 

7     tore,  shall  1»«-  liable  to  m  according  ><•  the  l.v       4 

.11.  from  the  time  <-f  I 

9      b  i 

1<i     In-  property  shall   !"•  on,  in   lii-  • 

11     the  prop<  r 


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13  to  be  treated  as  an  alien  enemy  by  reason  of  such  departure,  if, 

14  daring  the  present  »war.  ami  before  a  decree  of  sequestration 
If)  shall  be  pronounced  against  his  property,  he  shall  return  and 
1G  enter  upon  the  performance  of  military  service  according  to 
1?  law.     Put  this  act  shall   not  apply  to  persons  who,  at  the  time 

18  of  their  departure,  shall  bona  fide  reside  within  the  lines  of  the 

19  enemy,  or  in  a  part  of  the  Confederacy  in  the  military  occupa- 

20  tion  of  the  enemy. 

1  Sec.  2.    If  any  person  to  whom  the  preceding  section  applies, 

2  shall  voluntarily,  and  without  such  permission,  go  within  the 

3  military  lines  of  the  enemy,  and  remain  there  more  than  sixty 

4  days,  he  shall  be  presumed  to  have  departed  from  the  Confede- 

5  rate  States  within  the  meaning  of  this  act. 

1  Sec.  3.    If  any  person  has  heretofore  voluntarily,  and  without 

2  such  permission,  departed  from  the  Confederate  States,  or  gone 

3  within  the  military  lines  of  the  enemy,  for  the  purpose  of  avoid- 
ing military  service,  being  at  the  time  liable  to  military  service 
according  to  law,  or  being  now  liable  to  military  service  accord- 

0  ing  to  law,  such  person  shall  be  also  treated  as  an  alien  enemy, 
7  and  his  property  shall  be  liable  to  sequestration,  according  to  all 

6  the   preceding  provisions,  unless  such  person  shall  return  and 
9  enter  upon  military  service  according  to  law,  within  six  months 

10  after  the  passage  of  this  act. 

1  Sec.  4.    All  giants,  conveyances,  sales,  gifts  and  transfers  of 

2  property  hereafter  made  by  any  person  who  shall  be  liable  to 


3 
•';     military  :    the  time  of  making  the  name,  mm!   whose 

\     property  ^Iml!  become  liable  tow      •   I    tion  under  this  act,  ;nnl 
•     all   liens  and  incumbrance  flfcer  created  <m  lii^  property, 

6     when  ible  to  militai  all  be  void  w  Against  the 

"i     claim  til  -  ion. 


